Senior Rust-to-GPU Compiler Engineer — Equity

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 242,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Compiler Engineer to advance Rust-based GPU compilation. You will design and implement compiler backends and IR frameworks, enabling Rust programs to target CUDA GPUs with safety and performance.

You will optimize pipelines, manage AoT/JIT/LTO workflows, and define GPU-safe abstractions across the launch boundary. You will work on complex compiler architectures, contribute to MLIR or LLVM-based stacks, and collaborate with teams to push the boundaries of GPU systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of compiler development, language design, or GPU code generation.
• Deep expertise in Rust programming language, including rustc, MIR, procedural macros, and borrow-checker/lifetime model.
• Hands-on experience with compiler infrastructures, IRs, and code generation (LLVM IR, MLIR, or custom IR).
• Strong understanding of parallel programming models and CUDA architectures.
• Strong software design skills, debugging, profiling, and benchmarking compilers and GPU kernels.
• Ability to orchestrate teams across requirement design, architecture, and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Rust-to-GPU compiler backends and Rust-native IR frameworks.
• Lower Rust AST/MIR into IRs like MLIR, PTX, LLVM, with GPU-focused optimizations.
• Support AoT, JIT, and LTO workflows for NVIDIA GPU targets.
• Architect safe parallel abstractions across GPU launch boundaries to ensure memory safety.
• Expose device-side abstractions for low-level GPU primitives in Rust and leverage Torch/ETC tooling for performance.
• Build end-to-end compiler tooling enabling high-performance CUDA kernels from Rust.

Skills

Rust expertise

Compiler internals

Rust MIR

Procedural macros

IRs & codegen

CUDA GPU programming

Parallel programming

Debugging & profiling

Independent work

Architecture & design

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS/CE or related field

Tools

LLVM IR

MLIR

JIT engines

Rust toolchain

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Compiler Engineer to advance Rust-based GPU compilation. You will design and implement compiler backends and IR frameworks, enabling Rust programs to target CUDA GPUs with safety and performance.

You will optimize pipelines, manage AoT/JIT/LTO workflows, and define GPU-safe abstractions across the launch boundary. You will work on complex compiler architectures, contribute to MLIR or LLVM-based stacks, and collaborate with teams to push the boundaries of GPU systems